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WD6EJN
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« on: January 31, 2003, 06:15:05 PM »

I thought I'd post this here as I havn't had much luck
in the old,,,well you know,,newsgroups.
I have had antenna restrictions for over 20 years, and
some years ago I decided to do something about it.
I happened to look at the fcc database to see if there
were any hams in range of what I had to use for an
antenna.
The only time I could ever make any contacts was mobile
as getting an indoor antenna to work can be a bit tricky especially when it comes to the neighbors tv
being from K-mart.
To my astonishment I saw that there were five to ten
hams in some (most) areas,,aparently they are either
on cell phones or the internet.
All I have wanted to do is practice the Morse (I know
yuch!)code or cw,, occasionally I could hear signals
strong enough to copy, but they were either going to
fast (still are) or my under 1 watt (to avoid tvi)
was not enough power to qso.
One thing I must say,, the few contacts I did make on
cw were better than any other mode,, there's something
about making a cw contact one cannot explain.
At one time I thought of giving up ham radio and I would just practice the code from tapes and cd's
I can't overgeneralize as everyone is different, but
I found that I did not actually improve untill I actually got on the air and qso'd.
I first got the idea over five years ago(I even designed a narrow band handie talkie for walking out on a porch or that I could take hiking up a mountain similar to a Mizuho or Tokyo High Power)but there were still no hams within what I had to use for an antenna.
SO!! I tried to get members to post to other members with antenna restrictions again with no success.
My latest idea is to just have a 1 watt beacon (or whatever you can)on the predescribed beacon segments of most bands,, then anyone within range can just call you on a cw subband, (you can just monitor the cw subbands on a scanner)this would work on vhf-ghz
too and you can aim a beam or dish out a skylight.

If this is all very confusing here it is in a nutshell
so you can skip the previous mumbo jumbo:

If you really want to practice the morse code (at any speed,,a lot of hams calling cq are just like you especially in what used to be the novice bands) you could ask a local ham if you could operate third party on his rig, (it is legal)or if he turns out to be a curmudeon, you could just try this:
If you are not licensed yet you can qso using part 15
devices,, why not just hook a bfo to an am radio and
send code, I tested this my self and I could hear the
signal on a Radio Shack sw (am broadcast band)radio almost five miles away! without an external antenna.
As I said I have tried to have a web site where hams
can post to other hams with indoor antennas.
Here's an idea, instead of e-mailing your friend down
the street the study questions to tommorows test, or
the secret to winning action traction (I just made that up) send a cw message using a vlf tranceiver, or an led/photo diode combination.
If you have your license but sneaking an antenna out
side is out of the question, try posting on my site
(when I start it), or start your own site, but let
me know if it works, I want to know how you did it!!
Oh yes! I almost forgot, win the golden coathanger!
(the ham who makes the most contacts in the shortest distance wins! not to be confused with cb, as we have to abide by many rules and coordinate our activities
with courtesy and FUN.




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« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2003, 03:14:48 PM »



I thought I'd post this here as I havn't had much luck
in the old,,,well you know,,newsgroups.
I have had antenna restrictions for over 20 years, and
some years ago I decided to do something about it.
I happened to look at the fcc database to see if there
were any hams in range of what I had to use for an
antenna.
The only time I could ever make any contacts was mobile
as getting an indoor antenna to work can be a bit tricky especially when it comes to the neighbors tv
being from K-mart.
To my astonishment I saw that there were five to ten
hams in some (most) areas,,aparently they are either
on cell phones or the internet.
All I have wanted to do is practice the Morse (I know
yuch!)code or cw,, occasionally I could hear signals
strong enough to copy, but they were either going to
fast (still are) or my under 1 watt (to avoid tvi)
was not enough power to qso.
One thing I must say,, the few contacts I did make on
cw were better than any other mode,, there's something
about making a cw contact one cannot explain.
At one time I thought of giving up ham radio and I would just practice the code from tapes and cd's
I can't overgeneralize as everyone is different, but
I found that I did not actually improve untill I actually got on the air and qso'd.
I first got the idea over five years ago(I even designed a narrow band handie talkie for walking out on a porch or that I could take hiking up a mountain similar to a Mizuho or Tokyo High Power)but there were still no hams within what I had to use for an antenna.
SO!! I tried to get members to post to other members with antenna restrictions again with no success.
My latest idea is to just have a 1 watt beacon (or whatever you can)on the predescribed beacon segments of most bands,, then anyone within range can just call you on a cw subband, (you can just monitor the cw subbands on a scanner)this would work on vhf-ghz
too and you can aim a beam or dish out a skylight.

If this is all very confusing here it is in a nutshell
so you can skip the previous mumbo jumbo:

If you really want to practice the morse code (at any speed,,a lot of hams calling cq are just like you especially in what used to be the novice bands) you could ask a local ham if you could operate third party on his rig, (it is legal)or if he turns out to be a curmudeon, you could just try this:
If you are not licensed yet you can qso using part 15
devices,, why not just hook a bfo to an am radio and
send code, I tested this my self and I could hear the
signal on a Radio Shack sw (am broadcast band)radio almost five miles away! without an external antenna.
As I said I have tried to have a web site where hams
can post to other hams with indoor antennas.
Here's an idea, instead of e-mailing your friend down
the street the study questions to tommorows test, or
the secret to winning action traction (I just made that up) send a cw message using a vlf tranceiver, or an led/photo diode combination.
If you have your license but sneaking an antenna out
side is out of the question, try posting on my site
(when I start it), or start your own site, but let
me know if it works, I want to know how you did it!!
Oh yes! I almost forgot, win the golden coathanger!
(the ham who makes the most contacts in the shortest distance wins! not to be confused with cb, as we have to abide by many rules and coordinate our activities
with courtesy and FUN.

 
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